US 12,483,990 B2
Methods and procedures for extended battery life
Ajoy K Singh, Milpitas, CA (US); Forest A Hill, Lafayette, CO (US); Ajay Kumar S Gupta, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Prathyusha Pallerlamudi, San Jose, CA (US); Sergey Sitnikov, San Jose, CA (US); Vibhor Goyal, San Jose, CA (US); Thomas F Pauly, Campbell, CA (US); Cezar Mihai Radu, Dublin, CA (US); Michael G Voydanoff, Los Gatos, CA (US); Daniel D Schucker, Monte Sereno, CA (US); Howard Tsai, San Jose, CA (US); Giovanni M Agnoli, San Mateo, CA (US); and Nagarani Chandika, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,716.
Prior Publication US 2024/0007956 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/38 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 52/0277 (2013.01) [H04W 52/0225 (2013.01); H04W 52/0264 (2013.01); H04W 52/028 (2013.01); H04W 76/38 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for application aware cellular radio activation, comprising:
a user equipment device (UE),
operating in a power savings mode in which a cellular modem of the UE is disabled;
receiving, while in the power savings mode, an indication associated with an application installed on the UE, wherein the indication includes at least an indication of an application state of the application, and wherein the application state is one of a foreground state or a background state;
receiving, while in the power savings mode, a networking assertion input; and
determining, based at least in part on the networking assertion input and the application state being the foreground state, to activate the cellular modem to support the application.